Thinking, Recording, and Writing History in the Ancient World

by Kurt A. Raaflaub, Lisa Brooks (Contributor)

Thinking, Recording, and Writing History in the Ancient World presents a cross-cultural comparison of the ways in which ancient civilizations thought about the past and recorded their own histories.

Written by an international group of scholars working in many disciplines Truly cross-cultural, covering historical thinking and writing in ancient or early cultures across in East, South, and West Asia, the Mediterranean, and the Americas Includes historiography shaped by religious perspectives, including Judaism, early Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism

440 pages, Hardcover

First published November 8, 2013

About the author

Kurt Arnold Raaflaub is a Swiss historian and Emeritus Professor of Classics and History at Brown University.

Reviews

[Anushka Basu · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thapar is as bright as ever.

Durrant's chapter on early China was great too, lots of interesting passages.